im not looking at it from the viewpoint of analysis rie. i guess its possible to do that but but that wasnt my point. im referring to the battles of life that all humans face.
but u bring up and interesting point. lets take breaking a bad habit. even there at some point u come to a time where u just want to smoke that cigarette for example. and u have to suffer the discomfort of denying yourself that pleasure . u cant escape that. there is always discomfort when there is change . however the first time u are successful u have a reference point to bring u to the next victory. thats how i gave up smoking anyway. i find nothing wrong with the struggle with the self. at some point all real positive change imho involves some personal discomfort because we are leaving an old an comfortable past behind. or lets say u have a problem with anger. at some point u are just going to have to sit there and not respond to the impulse for anger, which is probably going to be uncomfortable. i dont think its possible to live on this earth and not suffer some discomfort. and each one of us has our own approach. some pain is unavoidable from my viewpoint. but we have allies in the invisible who will assist us if we are determined. so we are never alone .
abstraktion i agree the motivation is key. what is motivating us. is it love. is it power. is it love of self or love of others. that is key. i have been thinking lately a lot about the effects of my actions. realizing that all i do has an effect on someone else. so i want to bring more consciousness to my life so that my unconsciousness does not harm others. most of the hurt in this life imho occurs because we are not empathizing with the people we are interacting with. so we might be putting out garbage and drowing others with it and we dont care because we are in the grip of something which is giving us pleasure. i know i have certainly acted like that in my life. but i try everyday to be more conscious in how i interact. by the grace of god we all will become more conscious. the creator blesses those who honestly want to improve themselves because of their concern for others.
norral
but u bring up and interesting point. lets take breaking a bad habit. even there at some point u come to a time where u just want to smoke that cigarette for example. and u have to suffer the discomfort of denying yourself that pleasure . u cant escape that. there is always discomfort when there is change . however the first time u are successful u have a reference point to bring u to the next victory. thats how i gave up smoking anyway. i find nothing wrong with the struggle with the self. at some point all real positive change imho involves some personal discomfort because we are leaving an old an comfortable past behind. or lets say u have a problem with anger. at some point u are just going to have to sit there and not respond to the impulse for anger, which is probably going to be uncomfortable. i dont think its possible to live on this earth and not suffer some discomfort. and each one of us has our own approach. some pain is unavoidable from my viewpoint. but we have allies in the invisible who will assist us if we are determined. so we are never alone .
abstraktion i agree the motivation is key. what is motivating us. is it love. is it power. is it love of self or love of others. that is key. i have been thinking lately a lot about the effects of my actions. realizing that all i do has an effect on someone else. so i want to bring more consciousness to my life so that my unconsciousness does not harm others. most of the hurt in this life imho occurs because we are not empathizing with the people we are interacting with. so we might be putting out garbage and drowing others with it and we dont care because we are in the grip of something which is giving us pleasure. i know i have certainly acted like that in my life. but i try everyday to be more conscious in how i interact. by the grace of god we all will become more conscious. the creator blesses those who honestly want to improve themselves because of their concern for others.
norral